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Project Spotlight Series: Fresh Roots Urban Farm

April 9, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Farms, Stories from the field, Videos

Fresh Roots Urban Farm Society is an enterprising non-profit. They grow organic produce in market gardens in Vancouver, a few of which are half-acre sites located at local schools. They are expanding their model of working with institutions to transform those organizations’ underutilized grounds into community-engaged spaces for growing food and educating the public. Published...

Apr

Food For Thought

April 9, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field, Videos

Food For Thought is a great example of how many of the food-related programs commonly found in Vancouver’s schools- from gardening, to cooking, to healthy eating- can be combined to give students a garden-to-plate look at an essential topic. Published on Jan 9, 2013 Vancouver School Board

Apr

A Growing Good: Community Food Action Forum

April 7, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Farm to Healthcare, Farm to School, Publications, Stories from the field, Tools/Toolkit

This new report from New Brunswick’s Ministry of Healthy Inclusive Communities highlights a dozen initiatives in schools, campuses, hospitals and First Nations working hard to that are getting more fresh healthy local foods into the minds and mouths of students and patients. Read the full report here.

Apr

Community Garden Sprouts at Roseville Public School

April 7, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Farms, In the News, Stories from the field

Photo: Roseville Public School students Morgan Story, 11, Murtada Mousa, 12, Noah Scott, 11, and Jessica Meleg, 11, display seedlings that will be planted in a community garden next month. (JASON KRYK/The Windsor Star) When the weather warms up and planting season arrives, virtually all of the school’s 325 students will be involved in transforming part...

Apr

Ontario Students Leading Campus Food System Change

April 1, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, Publications, Stories from the field

The Meal Exchange believes that post-secondary campuses are an ideal leverage point for building local food systems, and that student leaders have the power to drive this change. Their new report Student leadership for local food on Ontario’s campuses 2013 – 2105 features stories from Meal Exchange’s work over the past 18 months with the University of Waterloo,...

Mar

The Campus Food Revolution

March 18, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to Campus, In the News, Stories from the field

When students and administrators join resources to improve the food on campus, cafeteria is no longer a dirty word. It’s steak week at the Creelman Marketplace, a food-court style of cafeteria at the University of Guelph. The chef at the grill station is sizzling up steak fajitas to order for a long lineup. The featured...

Mar

The Eastender: Down on the Van Tech Schoolyard Farm

March 12, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Farms, In the News, Stories from the field

An East Vancouver high school has changed the way students learn by starting up its own working schoolyard farm. It’s the first of its kind in Canada. The 1,000 square metres of garden space at Vancouver Technical secondary school and the weekly market stand opened May 28 to sell the fresh produce, with funds going...

Mar

Great Big Crunch

March 3, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

Register your school to participate the nation’s Great Big Crunch Event on March 12, 2015. The Great Big Crunch, hosted by Foodshare Toronto, is a special day of good food education, ending with a massive, synchronized bite into a crunchy apple to celebrate. The 2015 Great Big Crunch will be taking place on Thursday,...

Mar

Toronto Chef Jesus Gomez Makes Vegetable-Focused School Cafeteria Food Kids Will Actually Eat

March 2, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Stories from the field

It’s lunchtime in a Toronto high school and chef Jesus Gomez awaits with vegetables aplenty. On today’s menu at the Good Food Café: baked chicken drumsticks, vegetable beef tacos, green bean-red pepper salad, squash-beet salad, broccoli-carrot-cabbage slaw, baked potato wedges, vegetable pizza, green salad and fruit cups. It’s a good-looking spread. There’s choice, but not...

Feb

Not Your Typical Cooking Class

February 24, 2015English, Farm to School, Stories from the field

It’s not just cupcake and muffin lessons. Canadian students are making tortillas, canning the harvest, milking goats, and deboning chickens! These skills are being taught by teachers who are part of a growing group of educators who are shaping student learning by connecting kids with local foods and farmers. Their passion and commitment is...